Saturday, June 8, 2013

Unpacked Another Box

Since I moved into my fiance's house on New Year's Eve, a lot of the items in my sewing/craft room have been in boxes. As I slowly add storage and function to the room, I am able to unpack.

One of the crafts I do is scrapbooking. When I moved to Indiana 3 years ago, I had to leave most of the things behind for this craft so what I have now can fit in a cardboard box.
I really needed a place to put my things, but the space I had available wouldn't hold the 12 x 12 sheets of paper without curling them, so it was time to reorganize.

A few weeks ago I had told you about an estate sale we went to. I had picked up and table that I put in the living room to put my printer on. I had the printer on this plastic storage unit and with the purchase of the new table I moved the drawers into my sewing room.
 Even though the drawers weren't wide enough, this eventually solved my scrapbook storage dilemma. 

I emptied out all of the office/computer related things from the drawers and put them in my computer desk. This freed up this unit to house my serger thread.

I was then able to put my scrapbooking supplies into the unit with the wide drawers where my thread had been. It also gave me another empty drawer so I can unpack more boxes soon.

 

I organized my stickers and my paper scraps in large folders to make them easier to find. 

My photos, tickets and other memorabilia are stored in a smaller drawer in another unit. 
 
The day I chose to do this reorganization was hot and humid. I was making sure to drink plenty of water while I worked. Unfortunately, my water glass sweat on my sewing table. It is plastic so I didn't have to worry about damage, but it did make things a bit wet. I decide that I really needed a coaster for my table. Rather than buying some, I decided to make one to match the room. Below is what I came up with and it worked perfectly. Need a coaster for your sewing room too? I have them available on my website,  Colleen's Cottage Shop and I can make them in whatever colors you'd like.

 




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